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HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI will in a second. That suggestion seems to me to be a pretty modest response. It is not extreme, extravagant, unrealistic or unreasonable. It is a modest, measured response…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationThe hon. Gentleman is right and he encourages me to turn to the ombudsman’s report, which I have before me. Members will be pleased to note that, although I have inserted many…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationThat is what inspires me to speak today and, I am sure, inspires the hon. Gentleman, who is about to intervene to say just how much he supports me.15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI have been in this place a long time, as the hon. Lady knows, and she is here having first been endorsed by the electorate, then rejected, then re-endorsed. I have not had that…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationYes, I agree. Some women were forced to carry on working, even when—as an earlier intervention suggested—they were not really in a position to do so, even when they had extra…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationThe hon. Lady’s intervention, though not pithy, was pertinent, because she is one of the 3.8 million women, of all kinds and types, who were affected. Many were not well-off; many…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI meant no slight on the hon. Gentleman. He is right: it does affect women across the whole of the kingdom—and of course, he is much posher than bourgeois, so he could not be…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationHaving said that, I am happy to give way to the hon. Gentleman. [ Laughter . ]15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI do agree, and the hon. Gentleman will not be surprised to know that I shall be speaking later in my remarks about the ombudsman’s report and findings, which will bring me to the…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationAlthough that intervention was not orchestrated by me or choreographed by either of us, it leads me neatly to my next point, because there is an ethical case to be made of the…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI beg to move, That this House has considered compensation for women affected by changes to the State Pension age. It is a pleasure to be able to speak in this Chamber and, as I…15 Jan 2025HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Support for VictimsYou will know, Mr Speaker, that Edmund Burke said: “Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society”, but injustice reigns when victims feel that the cause of their…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMindful of the Leader of the House’s advice, I am suitably booted, I am speaking through the Chair and, of course, I have Chorley imprinted on my heart. In that spirit, may I ask…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Hospice FundingWe can all agree that hospices, such as St Barnabas in Lincolnshire, do vital and valued work. I hope we can also all agree that every Government—Labour and Tory—have increased…19 Dec 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Support for Victims5. What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to improve support for victims of crime.19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am extremely grateful— [ Interruption. ] Oh, I beg your pardon.19 Dec 2024HANSARD Building HomesThe hon. Gentleman is a thoughtful and diligent Minister who shares my disdain for the identikit, soulless, ubiquitous housing estates that have been built during his lifetime and…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House may not be aware of this, but Vodafone franchises across the country, including in my constituency, have launched a High Court action because the company…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Puberty-suppressing HormonesI associate myself with the remarks of my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Joy Morrissey) about both the tone and content of the Secretary of State’s remarks. I first…11 Dec 2024HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillMindful of what the Minister said about consulting and acting in accordance with the consultation, and of what I said earlier about the changing character of the threat, I ask him…09 Dec 2024